Science Talk: Outgrowing a Communication Disability of Autism

Dr. John Foxe has shown that high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children appear to outgrow a critical social communication disability. The paper was published online August 28, 2013, in Cerebral Cortex. Dr. Foxe is professor of pediatrics and in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, as well as director of research of the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Einstein. See accompanying release (August 28, 2013)